Eric N. Engebretson has been named partner at the law firm of Whitham Hebenstreit & Zubek LLP. Engebretson will continue to practice in the non-criminal general practice of law including bankruptcy, family law and estates.

Christopher Bayh has joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP as an associate in the firm’s litigation department.

IndyBar member Tarek Mercho of Mercho Donaldson LLC plans to open “Sangrita,” a southwestern-style cantina, on July 1 in the former location of Greek’s Pizzeria at 834 E. 64th Street in Broad Ripple.

Several IndyBar members are at the center of “Hotel Tango Whiskey,” a micro-distillery preparing to open on Virgina Avenue in the Fletcher Place neighborhood. Bar members Travis Barnes, Adam Willfond and Nabeela Virjee are among the five partners who started the company in 2013. They received their license to begin producing whiskey, gin, moonshine and vodka this year and hope to open in August.